New Delhi | Jagran Business Desk: At Jagran English, we provide you all the latest financial news from India and across the globe with all the key updates in equity markets, changes in prices of key metals and fuel prices. Here we provide you complete coverage of domestic stock markets, mainly Nifty and Sensex and how the global markets, data release and shares are impacting their growth. We will also keep a close watch on the prices of gold, silver and check on cost of petrol and diesel.
Today, our main focus will be on Sensex and Nifty that rose 411 points and 119 points on Friday led by gains in banking, auto, financial services and energy stocks. The RBI decision to purchase 10-year bonds worth Rs 10,000 crore while simultaneously selling four bonds maturing in 2020 for up to the same amount on December 30 in the open market also impacted the markets. The gain comes amid optimism over the US-China trade deal that will soon be signed.
Here's how the markets fared today:
The benchmark Sensex ended flat on Monday as Sensex fell 17 points while Nifty settled marginally above at 12,260 points. Auto stocks gained 1.5 per cent-- Tata Motors surged 4.3 per cent while Ashok Leyland, TVS Motors, M&M and Bosch gained up to 3.5 per cent.
Sensex: 41,558
Nifty: 12,260
Here's how the markets opened today:
The S&P Sensex surged 111 points in the opening session to trade at 41,686 points while Nifty gained 29 points at 12,274 points.
Sensex: 41,686
Nifty: 12,274
In fuel prices, petrol surged by 20 paise while Diesel rose 12 paise per litre. The overall price has gone up by 45 paise and 71 paise since the last week.
Petrol per Litre
Rs 75.08 in Delhi, Rs 77.68 in Kolkata, Rs 80.67 in Mumbai and Rs 78 in Chennai.
Diesel per Litre
Rs 67.82 in Delhi, Rs 71.65 in Chennai, Rs 71.1 in Mumbai and Rs 70.18 in Kolkata
Meanwhile, Gold prices slipped by 0.1 per cent while Silver shed 0.28 per cent.
Gold: Rs 39,046 per 10 grams of pure gold
Silver: Rs 46,835 per kg